Yesterday a discussion broke out in the comments about whether or not the murderer of abortionist George Tiller is equivalent to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who conspired to kill Hitler. It so happens that I had just seen the movie “Valkyrie” about a different plot to kill
One Eternal Day quotes from The New Humanist, “the magazine for free thinkers,” interviewing John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, who wrote God Is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World: Modernity doesn’t usher in secularisation, it actively promotes religious pluralism. They
The federal government will soon be assuming ownership of both GM and Chrysler, leaving only Ford as the major American auto manufacturer in private hands. The question now is, how will the government run its companies? To make a profit, or to fulfill government policies?
Cyberbrethren posts a column by Lutheran journalist Uwe Siemon-Netto: The murder of abortionist Dr. George Tiller was a blow to American society in general, and to the pro-life movement in particular, for the following reasons: This crime turned one of the worst perpetrators of mass
Surely that is a contradiction in terms! The partial-birth abortionist Dr. George R. Tiller was murdered in Wichita as he handed out bulletins at the Sunday service at Reformation Lutheran Church. (That is an ELCA congregation. He was excommunicated from his original LCMS congregation.) So
Yesterday was Pentecost, celebrating the gift of the Holy Spirit and, in effect, the birthday of the Church. Our pastor preached an outstanding sermon on what a Spirit-filled life actually is. We will be in the Pentecost season for quite a while, so it’s good
Of course President Obama is going to nominate a liberal to the Supreme Court. On life issues, Judge Sotomayor’s previous rulings have suggested she is not, at least, a pro-abortion fanatic, as many of his other likely choices would be. (She went easy on some
Do you like the comic strips in newspapers? I do, though I don’t think they are as funny or entertaining as they used to be. Newspapers, due to their economic woes, are cutting a lot of people’s favorites. The Washington Post has cut back from
Paul McCain at Cyberbrethren posts a great Luther quote, in the context of a discussion of private prayers and devotions: Never think that you are kneeling or standing alone, rather think that the whole of Christendom, all devout Christians, are standing there beside you and
Thanks for the discussion of the First Use of the Law the other day. It really helped clarify things for me. Here is how I see it now: There is only one Law. Any time I am “curbed” from overtly committing a sin, it’s working
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